[W.F. Lantry]

There is actually an Auden poem he wrote specifically for such an occasion, or for an occasion very similar. I remember because of the highly unusual rhyme-scheme. The last foot of one line rhymed with the penultimate foot of the next.

Sadly, anything much longer than a sonnet is likely not fitting for the occasion. I would think two minutes would be the outer limit of the gathered throng's patience...

Thanks,

Bill